Motlhaleemang moloi

Motlhaleemang Moalosi is a Botswanan politician and a member of Botswana Congress Party He is the Member of Parliament for the Nkange constituency. Quotes “Imagine a decision that needs urgent attention being ratified in Serowe. This means it takes unnecessarily long because of the number of sub-land boards reporting there,” MPs Clash Over Bamangwato Rule The Gazette (15 September 2025) ” In reality, it raised serious concerns – particularly in constituencies such as Nkange, which lies outside of Khama's traditional jurisdiction. With 17 villages, Nkange would have seen over 1,300 individuals enlisted into this structure,” “It was nothing short of overreach,” “I could not, in good conscience, support a system that seeks to concentrate control in the hands of a single traditional leader, especially one who holds no traditional jurisdiction over our constituency.” Tensions flare up in Nkange (Mmegi 5 September 2025) “I then started asking myself, if an engineer married to a lawyer cannot afford a plot in Francistown, who can? What happens to police officers, nurses, teachers, self-employed taxi drivers, let alone cashiers, and petrol pump attendants?” “I noticed that in each of these countries, it is relatively cheap to buy a piece of land,” “I started discussing these issues with friends on Facebook and I realised that most of my friends, especially those from bigger villages such as Mahalapye and Palapye, do not own a house anywhere in the country. Most have been waiting since 2004 to get a plot in their own villages. We all agreed that there was something fundamentally wrong with our land tenure system, especially when we noticed that plots in Gaborone and Francistown are out of reach of almost all working Batswana. BHC houses are also priced beyond the reach of even high ranking government officials such as deputy directors and assistant police commissioners. We were witnessing vacant BHC houses in such places as Francistown, Mahalapye, Jwaneng, and Maun mainly because they were priced beyond the reach of the population,” “Raising the issue through politicians had failed,” “At every kgotla meeting, people complain about land issues, from corrupt and inefficient land boards to unscrupulous real estate agents and landlords. I have also written a few letters to the newspapers on the issue but that has not helped either. The petition will make sure that the minister gives us direct answers to our questions and also make him understand the magnitude of the problem. We are one huge non-partisan voice that the minister would be foolhardy to ignore.” “We were disappointed with this casual response, so we have written back to the minister’s office asking for a firm date,” “We understand the minister has a diary and we want his office to pick an exact date. We hope they can find a date this year, but we will not lose momentum even if they say he is not available until next year.” “Your average Ipelegeng worker cannot even afford to rent a windowless un-electrified house in Mmopane,” “There has been no plot serviced since the Accelerated Land Servicing Programme in the late 1980’s. This is the main reason why the waiting list is not moving as anticipated. The only few allocations being made are repossessed plots,” . “If there has been no land servicing for 25 years and counting, where do we expect people to live? Unless and until the government prioritises land servicing we will never get out of this problem.” “Eventually our cities will be owned by foreigners and this will lead to xenophobia which will lead to violence. That would have dire consequences for our economy as investors will fear for their safety. We also have a risk of dirty money being laundered through our property markets,” “But most importantly, the divide between the poor and the rich will keep getting wider. I anticipate that as soon as 2015, we will start hearing grumblings from our already suffering population, especially if lack of affordable housing is coupled with unemployment.” “This is true for Botswana,” . “We ask our leaders to start putting the interests of Batswana first in all their decisions.” Rumblings of a volcano Sundat Syandard(29 November 2012)